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T. M. FISHER.

CATTLE GUARD.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. I, 1919.

Patented Oct. 28,1919.

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T. M. FISHER.

CATTLE GUARD.

APPLICATION FILED FEB I, I919.

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THOMAS M. FISHER, OF BASTROP, TEXAS.

CATTLE-GUARD.

b all te/tom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS M. FISHER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Bastrop, in thecounty of Bastrop and State of Texas, have. invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cattle-Guards, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in cattle guards, and has for its object to provide a device of the character specified formed from sheet metal sections adapted to be arranged between the rails and on the outer sides of the rails to prevent the passage of stock. 7

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved guard;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view; Fig. 3 is-a longitudinal vertical section;

Fig. tie a transverse verticalsection. The present embodiment of the invention is shown in connection With a section of railway track composed of the usual rails 1 and cross ties 2 and 3. The improved guard, which is formed of sheet metal, consists of three sections, namely, a section adapted to fit between the rails and a section adapted to be arranged at the outside of each rail, and of a. widthto extend from the rail to beyond the end of the tie.

The sections are similar in construction.

each being formed from a sheet of metal of suitabl size bent in zigzag form to provide a series of steps, that is, aseries of substan tially vertical surfaces 4: and inclined surqfaces 5- connecting the vertical. surfaces.

The surfaces 4 are. parallel with each other, as are also the surfaces 5, and beforebending the sheet a series of tongues 6 is formed.

Each tongue is formed by slitting the sheet on converging lines, and these tongues are arranged in series, a series extending in the same plane with each surface 5. The tongue being formed, that is, being slit, before the metal is bent, it will be obvious that the tongues of reach surface'5 will be spaced above theadjacent' surface 5 a distance corresponding to the width of the'surface i. are in staggered relation, as clearly shown.

Since the urfaces 5 are parallel, and since Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 1, 1919.

The tongues inthesuccessive series Patented Oct. '28, 1919.

Serial No. 274,433.

ceive the sections is formed from ties which 7 are arranged with their wide dimension vertical, and the intermediate ties of the series which will support the guard have one corner beveled, as shown at 8. The ties are arranged with thes beveled corners upward and similarly arranged, and the bevel corresponds to the incline of the surfaces 5. When the sections are laid upon the ties so formed, it will be obvious that the surfaces 5 will rest upon the inclined tops of the ties while the surfaces 4 will engage the vertical faces of theties.

At each side each section has a surface 9 which is perpendicular to the surfacesa, and these surfaces 9 rest upon the endmost ties in the series which are not beveled. These surfaces have openings for receiving spike 10 to secure the sections to the ties. The upwardly extending pointed tongues will deter any stock that might be tempted to cross the guard.

I claim:

' A cattle guard comprising a sheet metal plate having stamped therefrom tongues arranged in rowswith the tongues in each row staggered in relation to those in the next successive row, all of said tongues being similar and facing in the same direction, said plate being bent transversely to pro vide alternate vertical and inclined portions engageable against the cross-ties of a railroad track, said tongues extending as continuations of said inclined portions and being downwardly curved whereby their end portions will be substantially horizontal, andsecuring flanges on said plate.

' THOMAS M. FISHER. \Vitnesses TIGNAL JoNEs, E. KIMIoHs.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, D. 0'. 

